Goldey-Beacom College

Overview

Goldey-Beacom College is a private, coeducational college offering programs in psychology, criminal justice, English, economics, and all areas of business.

Location

Located in beautiful Pike Creek Valley, a suburb of Wilmington, Delaware, with easy access to Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York and other major east coast cities. The city of Wilmington is a major industrial center in the Mid-Atlantic region and home of many Fortune 500 companies (e.g. DuPont and Bank of America).

Campus

Twenty-four acres, consisting of four apartment-style residence halls, Fulmer Center (home to the academics and administration), The Joseph West Jones Center (housing the library, gymnasium, fitness center, cantina, chapel, and bookstore), and athletics fields.

Degrees

Bachelor Degrees in Psychology, Criminal Justice, English, Economics, and a variety of Associate, Bachelor, or Masters Degrees in Business. Degrees or concentrations offered in Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Management, Human Resource Management, Marketing, Information Technology, Sports Management, Health Care Management, Legal Studies, Organizational Psychology, and International Business, to name a few.

Athletics

NCAA Division II

Demographics

1600 students from 19 states and over 60 nations. More detailed information about the College’s student body diversity, including gender, and race/ethnicity.

Accreditation

Middle States Commission on Higher Education, Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs, International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education.

Faculty

100% of full-time faculty have the highest degree in their field. Faculty with strong ties to business and real-life work experience.

Careers

For over a decade, alumni have reported a placement rate typically over 90% within months of graduation - and a high job satisfaction rate!

Features

Small size, individualized attention. Apartment-style residence halls on an extremely safe suburban campus. Campus-wide wireless network, on-line library access, personal email accounts, modern computer labs updated regularly. Career-focused curriculum, active internship-for credit program, and strong placement rate for graduates.

Mission and Philosophy

Goldey-Beacom College enters its second century firmly committed to the proud tradition of providing accessible, high quality, career-focused education. An independent, multilevel college, Goldey-Beacom College offers challenging undergraduate and graduate programs. As a teaching-oriented institution of higher learning, the College emphasizes instructional excellence in the classroom and is committed to sustaining faculty who are caring, dedicated and knowledgeable in their respective fields; who motivate their students to realize their full learning potential; and, above all, who represent teaching excellence. Goldey-Beacom College is further committed to providing a caring, wholesome, intellectually stimulating learning environment to its students so that they may grow as individuals and become worthy, productive members of society.